The increasingly ambiguous divide between man and machine just got blurred that much more with Stanford’s recent announcement : scientists have successfully created the first truly biological transistor made entirely out of genetic material. More »
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New DNA-Based Transistor Brings Us One Step Closer to True Human Computers
It turns out that the human cells scientists have studied the most and used in research for more than 60 years have some unexpected and pretty intense genetic mutations. Good thing they weren’t used as part of 60,000 published papers. They were? Oh geez. More »
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The Human Cells We Use For Research Are Kind of A Genetic Disaster
Last November, Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Titan supercomputer was named the fastest in the world . But it turns out that a few tests were skipped along the way—and now too much gold on its motherboards means it can’t run at full tilt. More »
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The World’s Fastest Computer Is Being Slowed Down By Too Much Gold
As though Graph Search wasn’t enough to turn your Facebook world upside down, the company’s retooling its news feed again. So what will new new new (new) Facebook have in store? We’ll find out next Friday. More »
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Facebook’s Getting a News Feed Overhaul Next Week
Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premiere nuclear weapons research facility, and for more than 60 years, its researchers have poked and prodded the interiors of atoms to suss out their secrets—a task that has produced mountains of data that the facility’s copper network struggles to contain. But now, even the most remote building’s on Sandia’s campuses have access to the biggest bandwidth modern technology can muster. More »
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The World’s Biggest Fiber LAN Lives at a Nuclear Weapons Research Lab
Our friend Casey Neistat made a wonderful documentary for the New York Times , he went and compared the actual calories of food to what’s listed on the nutrition facts. And guess what? More times than not, food had more calories than what was advertised. More »
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Are There More Calories in Food Than What’s Listed in the Nutrition Facts? (Yes)
Dry ice is amazing stuff, especially in the kitchen—think ice cream or booze —but getting hold of it can be tricky. No problem! Here’s how to make your own. More »
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How to Make Dry Ice at Home
After hacking up government websites last week , and the week before , Anonymous has pulled off another hack to push their agenda of reforming computer crime law in the wake of Aaron Swartz’s suicide . This time, they’ve leaked names, addresses, and other information about over 4,000 bank executives . And they did it all on a government site. More »
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Anonymous Leaked Account Data for 4,000 Bank Executives on a Government Website
I don’t get Vine. I don’t give a looping turd about it. Every video I’ve seen so far is six seconds of jerky concentrated idiocy. I may be too old for this crap but I’m not alone—thanks, [ Willa via Laughing Squid via Petapixel ] More »
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This Is Why Vine Is Stupid
Generally, Facebook is making money of you (or at least trying) by collecting all your info and then parceling it all out for ads. But now the tables have turned, maybe kinda sorta. Thanks to an ongoing class action lawsuit, you may be entitled to up to 10 whole dollars from the social networking giant. Take that, Zuck! More »
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Does Facebook Owe You Money?